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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 30
Offered January 13, 2010
Prefiled January 5, 2010
Proposing an amendment to Section 4 of Article VIII of the
Constitution of Virginia, relating to the Board of Education.
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Patron-- Purkey
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Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
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RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, a
majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby is, proposed
and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after
the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its
concurrence in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of
the Constitution of Virginia, namely:
Amend Section 4 of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Virginia as follows:
ARTICLE VIII
EDUCATION
Section 4. Board of Education.
The general supervision of the public school system shall be
vested in a Board of Education of nine members, to be. Four members,
including one member designated to serve as president of the Board, shall
be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by
the General Assembly. Three members shall be
appointed by the House of Delegates in accordance with the
rules of the House, and two members shall be appointed by the Senate in accordance with the rules of the
Senate. Each
appointment shall be for four
years a
four-year term beginning February 1, except that those to fill vacancies shall be for the
unexpired terms. Terms shall be staggered, so that no more than three regular
appointments shall be made in the same year. No
person shall be appointed to serve more than two
consecutive full terms. The Governor
shall appoint the president and one additional member in January 2012. The Governor shall
appoint one additional member in January of each
of the two years following 2012. The
House of Delegates shall appoint one member in January of each
of the three years 2013,
2014, and 2015. The
Senate shall appoint one member in January of 2014 and one
member in January of 2015. Each member
in office on the effective date of this provision shall serve until his successor has been appointed.
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